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Detroit Lions 17 at Houston Oilers 27

Sunday, November 13, 1983

Detroit Lions 17, Houston Oilers 27

1234Final
Detroit Lions (5-6-0)0107017
Houston Oilers (1-10-0)3714327

Scoring

DETHOU
1stHOUFlorian Kempf 47 yard field goal03
2ndDETBilly Sims 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick)73
DETEddie Murray 35 yard field goal103
HOUMike McCloskey 13 yard pass from Oliver Luck (Florian Kempf kick)1010
3rdDETJames R. Jones 3 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick)1710
HOUChris Dressel 13 yard pass from Oliver Luck (Florian Kempf kick)1717
HOULarry Moriarty 4 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick)1724
4thHOUFlorian Kempf 21 yard field goal1727

Team Stats

DETHOU
First downs2420
Rush-yards-TDs25-118-133-121-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-36-231-1-418-26-189-2-1
Sacked-yards3-241-0
Net pass yards207189
Total yards325310
Fumbles-lost3-01-0
Turnovers41
Penalties-yards8-612-25

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Billy Sims DET 20 105 1 17 9 90 0 19
Eric Hipple DET 17 29 213 0 3 25 2 6 0 0
Leonard Thompson DET 4 68 0 25
James R. Jones DET 2 4 0 4 6 54 1 11
Mark Nichols DET 1 19 0 19
Gary Danielson DET 3 7 18 1 1 0
Vince Thompson DET 1 3 0 3
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Earl Campbell HOU 28 107 0 42 3 26 0 21
Oliver Luck HOU 18 26 189 2 1 26 4 10 0 7
Mike Renfro HOU 7 75 0 18
Tim Smith HOU 2 28 0 26
Chris Dressel HOU 3 23 1 13
Mike McCloskey HOU 2 21 1 13
Walt Arnold HOU 1 16 0 16
Larry Moriarty HOU 1 4 1 4

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Roosevelt Barnes DET 1 0 0 0
William Gay DET 1.0 0 0 0 0
Ken Jenkins DET 0 0 0 0 5 112 22.4 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Robert Abraham HOU 1.0 0 0 0 0
Keith Bostic HOU 1 0 0 0
Steve Brown HOU 0 0 0 0 1 29 29.0 0 0
Chris Dressel HOU 0 0 0 0 1 11 11.0 0 0
Jerome Foster HOU 1.0 0 0 0 0
Bill Kay HOU 1 4 0 0
Carl Roaches HOU 0 0 0 0 2 31 15.5 0 0
Malcolm Taylor HOU 1.0 0 0 0 0
Willie Tullis HOU 2 21 0 0